Linebacker Rey Maualuga suffered a concussion and knee injury against the Jets on Sunday. He's been ruled out Thursday, and the team is thin at LB.

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In the midst of a stretch of four road games in five weeks, Marvin Lewis has talked to his players about embracing the grind and how it will strengthen them.

With three straight wins to start out the most challenging stretch of the regular-season schedule, the last two figure to be the toughest challenges yet.

The 6-2 Bengals are in Miami on Thursday night to face the 3-4 Dolphins, followed by their first meeting of the season 10 days later against the Super Bowl champion Ravens. It is a two-game test that could go two ways - either the Bengals put a virtual lock on the AFC North and start focusing on ...